Mr. Stanley is the Managing Director of Global Minerals Strategies LLC which provides analytical and consulting services to the mining and critical minerals industries. He is the former Director of the Office of Critical Minerals and Metals in the Industry & Analysis (I&A) unit of the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA). Prior to leaving U.S. Government service, Mr. Stanley led an office of 10 industry and trade specialists that monitored a wide range of sectors, including critical minerals, strategic materials, and ferrous and non-ferrous metals. The office performed industry, trade, and domestic supply chain analyses, actively supported U.S. trade policy activities, participated in trade negotiations and international agreements, and organized trade promotion and facilitation programs in order to improve the global competitiveness of a range of U.S. materials industries. He joined the Commerce Department in 1983, after graduating from North Carolina State University.